| The Cyber Ascension | Arc 7 — "The Bloodlines and Carnage" | Volume 7 | Chapter 72 : "The Kanisakkē " |
Z was airborne—
his body trembling, blood pouring endlessly from his mouth and chest, staining the sky as it fell like crimson rain.
Every breath burned.
Every heartbeat screamed.
Yet his eyes…
they refused to dim.
Z
"I won't… let you take my body…"
His voice cracked—not from fear, but from rage restrained too long.
Below him, Sanji Youta stood unmoving, his massive katana resting on his shoulder like a king awaiting execution. The sight of Z resisting only made his smile stretch wider, unnatural, predatory.
Sanji Youta
"…Such a pathetic insect."
He raised his blade.
And swung.
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Hell's Cleaving Wind
The air split open.
Invisible slashes tore through the heavens, carving through clouds, vaporizing mountains, slicing the world itself into bleeding fragments. Entire ridgelines collapsed silently before exploding seconds later.
Z forced his body downward.
He descended like a falling star, katana raised overhead, purple Ki erupting violently around him—unstable, raw, screaming.
Their blades met.
KRAAAAAANG—!!!
The impact erased sound.
Mountains surrounding them were not merely destroyed—they were deleted, crushed into nothing by the shockwave. The forest of the Second Heaven vanished in an instant, leaving behind scorched stone and molten earth.
Z was sent flying again, crashing through layers of terrain.
Sanji Youta didn't move.
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Witnesses to Ruin
From afar, Eirien and Haruko watched in silence.
Haruko's fists trembled.
Eirien's calm expression—
finally cracked.
The battlefield before them was no longer a fight.
It was a slaughter waiting to finish.
Eirien stepped forward.
Eirien
"…That's enough."
The air around him darkened.
His voice was quiet—but it carried absolute finality.
Eirien
"If he desires pure destruction…"
He interlocked his hands slowly.
Eirien
"…then I will answer him with pure destruction."
Haruko inhaled sharply and raised both arms.
Haruko
"Spherical Barriers."
Three colossal layers of white, radiant barriers manifested instantly, encasing the battlefield. The barriers groaned under pressure, cracks forming immediately—but they held.
For now.
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Tayoshi Kanisakkē
Eirien's eyes glowed faintly.
Eirien
"Tayoshi… Kanisakkē."
The world screamed.
Purple flames erupted across the battlefield—not normal fire, but something wrong. The flames cut without touching, slicing space itself. Invisible arcs of destruction moved unpredictably, severing stone, air, and energy alike.
Mountains disintegrated mid-existence.
Reality bled.
Even the ground recoiled.
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The King's Delight
Sanji Youta's eyes widened—
Not in fear.
In joy.
A grin carved itself across his face, feral, ecstatic.
Sanji Youta
"Ha…"
The flames sliced his armor.
Blood spilled.
Yet he stepped forward anyway.
Sanji Youta
"Hahaha…!"
His laughter echoed louder than the destruction itself.
Sanji Youta
"YES—! THIS IS WHAT I WANTED!"
He raised his katana once more, his aura exploding outward, crushing Eirien's flames, cracking Haruko's barriers, forcing the heavens themselves to tremble.
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Z's Awakening Begins
Amid the chaos—
Z slowly stood again.
His body was broken.
His bones screamed.
But something deep within him…
answered back.
Purple energy surged violently from his blood, darker, heavier, unstable.
Not power borrowed.
Not power taught.
Something born.
Z lifted his katana, his silhouette standing against Hell itself.
And for the first time—
Sanji Youta looked at Z
not as prey…
…but as something worthy of annihilation.
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End of Chapter 72
The Second Heaven trembled.
Barriers cracked.
Blood rained from the sky.
Three forces now stood on the battlefield—
The King of Hell.
The Destroyer of Heavens.
And a man whose blood refused to submit.
The true carnage had only begun.